Fran Drescher
Actor, Celebrity
1957 –
Who is Fran Drescher?
Francine Joy "Fran" Drescher is an American film and television actress, comedian, producer, and activist. She is best known for her role as Fran Fine in the hit TV series The Nanny, her nasal voice and thick New York accent.
Drescher made her screen debut with a small role in the 1977 blockbuster film Saturday Night Fever, and later appeared in American Hot Wax and Wes Craven's horror tale Summer of Fear. In the 1980s, she gained recognition as a comedic actress in the films The Hollywood Knights, Doctor Detroit, This Is Spinal Tap, and UHF while establishing a television career with guest appearances on several series. In 1993, she achieved wider fame as Fran Fine in her own sitcom vehicle The Nanny, for which she was nominated for two Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress in a Comedy Television Series during the show's run. She received further recognition for her performances in Jack and The Beautician and the Beast and reinforced her reputation as a leading sitcom star with Living With Fran and Happily Divorced.
A uterine cancer survivor, Drescher is an outspoken healthcare advocate and LGBT rights activist, and is noted for her work as a Public Diplomacy Envoy for Women's Health Issues for the U.S. State Department. Divorced from writer and producer Peter Marc Jacobson, she currently lives in Malibu, California.
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- Born
- Sep 30, 1957
Kew Gardens - Also known as
- Francine Joy Drescher
- Frannie
- Fran
- Francine Joy "Fran" Drescher
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Peter Marc Jacobson
(1978/11/04 - 1999/12/15)
- Peter Marc Jacobson
- Ethnicity
- Jewish people
- Ashkenazi Jews
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Queens College, City University of New York
- Hillcrest High School
- Lived in
- Queens
- Malibu
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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